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The Nevada Athletic Commission met for six hours Friday to discuss how to deal with athletes who test positive for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, and its solution was simple — bigger fines and longer suspensions.

Abner Mares is professional enough to not let his mind wander too far beyond his next fight. But Mares admits the idea of fighting on the undercard of the May 2 megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is quite appealing.

The most anticipated fight in forever will take place May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, which gives us more than two months to dissect every angle and turn over every rock and report on everything. As a starting point, here are five questions to consider about Mayweather-Pacquiao.

Several hours passed Thursday with nothing coming from Floyd Mayweather Jr. This is the routine for those who cover boxing. Everyone waits on Floyd, and Floyd will talk when Floyd is ready. He’s got the money and the power, so he can make everyone wait.

For boxing fans around the world, the wait continued Tuesday as there was nothing but silence from the camps of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao regarding their proposed megafight for May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden.

The lengthy negotiations to try to make the megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are almost over, and the boxing world should know this week whether the two will meet May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden or face different opponents.

Former world middleweight champion Jermain Taylor, who is facing assault charges in two gun-related incidents, should receive psychiatric care and be monitored for substance abuse in lieu of incarceration, a psychiatrist told a court hearing on Tuesday.

Miracle On Ice arguably is the greatest upset in sports history. A team of American college hockey players rallied to defeat the mighty Soviet Union in the semifinals of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y.

If Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao ultimately meet in the ring, it might have been a canceled airplane trip and a chance get-together Tuesday in Miami that helped make the dream megafight a reality.

Manny Pacquiao says Floyd Mayweather Jr. has until the end of January to agree to a deal for a May 2 megafight at the MGM Grand. If they can’t agree to the megafight, here’s a look at how Pacquaio and Mayweather could be fighting next.